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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2D_the-finnish-american-national-historical-archive-museum_Hancock-MI.html
Finlandia University, founded in 1896 as Suomi College, established the Finnish American National Historical Archive and Museum (FANHAM) in 1990 to honor the past contributions of Finnish Americans, to link present visitors with Finnish America an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2C_the-first-finnish-newspaper-in-america_Hancock-MI.html
The first Finnish newspaper in America was the "Amerikan Suomalainen Lehti," published by A. J. Muikku in Hancock on 14 April 1876. It was printed at the northwest corner of Quincy and Reservation Streets at the offices of the North West…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AYA_321-quincy-street_Hancock-MI.html
Site of the childhood home of photographer
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) and Lilian Steichen Sandburg (1883-1977), wife of writer Carl Sandburg.
At this site in the 1880s the seed was sown that later
grew into Steichen's signature exhibition,
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATO_old-main-suomi-college_Hancock-MI.html
Old Main (marker side 1)
Suomi College was founded in 1896 by the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The cornerstone of Old Main, the first building erected at Suomi College, was laid on May 30, 1898. Jacobsville sandstone, quarried …
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Hancock (marker side 1)
The Quincy Mining Company platted Hancock in 1859, a decade after the company began mining Keweenaw copper. While many copper towns boomed and busted within a short period of time, Hancock remained stable, incorporating as…